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The priorities of the Foreign Intelligence Service should be effective identification of potential threats and challenges, assistance in the return of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, protection of national economic interests, promotion of the defense-industrial complex, countering hostile information operations and protection of Ukrainians abroad, as stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced the newly appointed Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Valeriy Kondratiuk to the staff of the state agency.

The need to strengthen communication on compliance with adaptive quarantine was discussed at a traditional meeting on preventing the spread of coronavirus, chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with His Holiness Pope Francis to develop the dialogue initiated during the official visit of the President of Ukraine to Vatican City State on February 8, 2020.

During the conversation, the leaders of the two countries discussed the restoration of peace in Donbas and, in particular, the results of the working visit of the Ukrainian delegation to Germany on June 2. The interlocutors noted the high level of mutual understanding between the Ukrainian and German sides on key approaches to a peaceful settlement, emphasizing the lack of alternatives to the diplomatic path.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in the first meeting of the Advisory Council for the Affairs of War Veterans, Families of the Fallen (Deceased) Defenders of Ukraine. The meeting was also attended by Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak.

For the third day in a row, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is growing in Ukraine. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a traditional meeting on combating the spread of coronavirus chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will instruct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to consider the possibility of visa liberalization for foreigners visiting Ukraine for tourism purposes.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy got himself acquainted with the renovation of the M12 Stryi-Ternopil-Kropyvnytskyi-Znamyanka highway, which is being carried out in the framework of the Great Construction program.

The program of activities of the Cabinet of Ministers needs to be finalized, as it was developed before the coronavirus pandemic and does not take into account the introduction of restrictive measures and economic losses, as stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a working trip to the Khmelnytskyi region.